Mile High Lemon Pie

Mile High Lemon Pie

1 9" baked pie shell
8 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 cup sugar
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp. grated lemon peel
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/4 tsp. salt
8 egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1 cup sugar

In saucepan, mix egg yolks, 1 cup sugar, the gelatin, water, lemon peel, lemon juice and salt.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until mixture boils.
Chill in refrigerator, stirring occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from spoon.
Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy.
Beat in 1 cup sugar, 1 tbsp. at a time; continue beating until stiff and glossy.
Do not underbeat.
Fold in lemon mixture; pile into baked pie shell.
Chill several hours or until set.